Camp cot for automobiles



y 1930- J. w. DENT ON CAMP GOT FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed July 26, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor "J. wp'wrom May 27, 1930.

J. w DENTON CAMP COT FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed July 26, 1928 ,4 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 ln'ben'tor V mmqy O W Der/#22 I 1 By May 27, 1930.

I'll/111111111 0 Ill/III J. w. DENTC'JN CAMP COT FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed July 26, 1928 -3 Sheets-Sheet 3 bruentar cf. PVTDwI/fam,

Attornqy j ijects and I adyant a ges reside. in the .sii i l mnst iw dil; e i b l e iqn and? an fran gernent o1": theJvario is elements forming i x rEigure 318311 end vg tdlMay 27 K193!) r aonitwfimiirrerflqn'P iICA GiTY, OKLAHOMA r gia pam "fi e a .96,

i The 'iielat 1 Cam}? dots for autoinbbile tourists anaimeroa its lp'rin-f' fcip'al bjec'tto prpvidelajfdldable cbt irame' 'ffadapted fer fielding withinfa relatively Small 5 'sp'ace-up'0n 'the r in'ning board of the Vehicle and prqvidedf with foldableidetachable "legs for. supporting, "the frame upen' the 1 ground J when ,in; use and which maybe stored in, a"

' eoni enientposition and stored in anjout of 1 Vehicle Whenjnotjn use,; 5

le'theway pesition ina convenient 'efthe,

" "thereabont'when not ini s'e'if v f An additional Ob 'ect1s't0 prQi/idefratehet ,v r teeth'for the'roller adapted'tostretehthe bed f .9 material 'up'onuthe frameOit'fthepot in -(Srder a tdc om fertably tsupportthebody ofa-person,

f :AiStillQfurthbobjct is .to' provide an apparati 'slofthis ,characterbf. a simple and praeti'c'al ,constructieiiy yvhichzis strong and 1 durable, neat and attraet' 'e' in; appearance, relatively egipensive'ftor manufacture and install in position fer use I, er 411 5 1 the rungmn beard bf 1a v ehiele and otherwise ell.

I apt afr hepu peee f rjit h-t Seine the invention, as more gfullyt'ihereinafter de- 1 ateomp anyingi drawings forming part 2'.parts'threughout,and infiid icli; v- ,l In the drawings Figuref l isaitop plan 1 on falslightly large scale; I

F gufi J e on'fi leveti n l, iWO the iifmo int e' if r ithelsp i ier011 'adap ld wclamp ne l0 ll l n i g bq a d View efjthecot shewn V V v 1 {impositionradyefoifyusei a One end ,ofthesprlng. roller 9 ls =provlded .1 .f cured tolthe, body. of the rollerkf A sleeve 1Ye wn lw w1 h? 1 isja1s0in erte ithinith bo bf-therdller a I withinfwhichthe outer end of'the spring is t dispose-dthei'o'uter ,endiof the sleevefbeing a en ma Q I igure "5 is a longitudinal 1 seetifinal iyiew 'VCAMP Carrier-w AUTOMOBILES 192 serial 295,366.

thi' ug-h the spring rollerandnrhoiinted there-Y" Fignre6 is-an'enlarged transyeise sectional iew ofbne end of the spring rollershowing the manneifinwhich theend ofthe springgsis V at-tachedto the ratchetwheel carriage there-,5

. Figureiis an enlarged endielevationalviewa of the roller mounting Withthe clamp for attachin Figure, 8 ,is'a'n enlargedvifragm'entary 5191i gitudinalsectional view illust'rating themaner (if cenneeting'thesectibns'Of the frame intermed atethe ends thereof and providingx an attachment ,fol the eiid'ef .az-transyerse'fl dicated generally at 5 and composed of al" substantially rectangular shaped fran' e 6 v constru'cted of sections of angleirenh'aving' 1 'manner ellkn Vh in the art and adapted 7 their ends 'securd to eachdther ina stlitable to rest ujpen 'theQn er surface; pf an. automobile running boaiid 7-. 7,

.A pair of latess; are ma a e l-tag I of the springsext'ending upwardly-therefrom in spaced parallel relationand providedwith openings Within Which the roller!) arenjeurnaledr v a a H Segmental plates'll) arealsosecured at each,

Of the front corners ofth e frame and to which Tr are attached clamping brackets l'lextending v I j v beneat-hthe runningibpard and providedfwith 1 v threaded; clampingbelts 12 ferengaging the; [l nden sides of the running heardarid elamga;

ing the frame in pdsition thereon" "Figure 2 is 'aslde elevatibnai wiw t-fleretf with a-b 13 he ileP e 14 is inserted having its inner rend [fixedly seinserted threughthe Opening in theend plate a 8 ofthe frame andformed with a pair of g thesa me t0 the running board ef .s the'vehicle and Y A'furtherebject of the inventi in is,to'pregg Vide a bed of, flexible material for the 7 Got I f [adapted t6 beis'tretchedupqiigthe fra'n ethere 5 Of and att hi lg Jolie end, ofjt'he he'd material 1 .r nr twining sad? m t i ends ofjthe p i g l i frem' the plates, said piajt es andsaideiidiail V having epenings therein forireceiving the respective reduced. ends ofthe side rails said;

side rails operating to maintain the: plates and end railfiil' spaced relation; a fabri'ceqvering for the frame having its, end attached respectively to said roller and sei'd'trimsver se rail and having'hems elong itsside iedges 1 II testimony whereof I afliii my signatui'e.

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